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BRACELET. N0. 272,244. Patented Feb; 13,1883.

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- UNITED ST TES PATENT OFFICE.

JQHN O. HARRINGTON, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BRACELET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettersliatent No. 272,244, dated February 13, 1888.

Application filed November 16, 1882. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, JOHN C. HARRINGTON, of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented an Improvement in Bracelets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved clasp for a spirally-wound wire bracelet having laterally-lapped ends; and it consists of an inclined bar attached to one arm of the bracelet, in combination with an eye or ring attached to the opposite arm, and adapted to receive the rounded or tapering end of the inclined bar, as hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 is a top view of the bracelet. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the bracelet unclasped.

In the drawings, A is a hollow wire wound spirally in bracelet form, the laterally-lapped ends-oi which are provided with the ornamenta1 knobs a a. Upon one ofthe laterally-lapped arms of the bracelet, at an intermediate point between the knobs a a, is secured the inclined bar B, made'pointed ateach end, and provided with a collar, 1), and upon the opposite arm of the bracelet is secured the eye or ring 0. The position of the laterally-lapped arms of the bracelet, when opened, is shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, and in clasping the bracelet the lapped arms are to be brought laterally near each other, and the point d of 30 the inclined bar B made to enter the eye or ring 0, thus forming a simple and secure i'astening, the resilience of the spring-wire of the bracelet in a direction opposite to that in which it is wound being made sufficient to 35 hold the bracelet in its clasped condition, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The bar B may be made of any suitable ornamental design, and, as shown in the drawings, the collar b serves to balance the orna- 4o mental effect of the ring or eye 0. r

I claim as my invention- In a spirally-wound wire bracelet with laterally-lapped ends, the combination of the inclined bar B, secured upon one of the lapped 45 arms of the bracelet, with the eye or ring 0, secured upon the other arm, substantially as described.

JOHN C. HARRINGTON.

Witnesses:

HARMON S. BABGOOK, SOGRATES ScHoLFIELD. 

